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PREMONT, TEXAS
Jim Wells County,
South Texas
27°21'29"N 98°7'33"W (27.358064, -98.125766)
U.S. Hwy 281
27 miles S of Alice the county
seat
9 miles N of Falfurrias
ZIP code 78375
Area code 361
Population: 2,543 Est. (2019)
2,653 (2010) 2,772 (2000) 2,914 (1990)
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Cowboy
Sign in Premont
TE photo, 2004 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Ignacio de la Peņa
held title to the land that became Premont. He received his grant
in 1831 and it remained in his family for the next thirty years. Charles
Premont, the town's namesake founded the town in 1908 and donated
money to build the Catholic Church. A post office was opened the following
year and the town soon expanded. By 1912 there was an estimated 800
people living there. This increased to 1,000 in 1914 when the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway arrived and built a depot.
Premont didn't fully realize its potential and people started drifting
away. By the mid 20s there were only 600 people calling Premont home.
A Mennonite church was established in Premont in 1927, the congregation
being mostly dairy farmers. In the early 30s oil was discovered and
Premont's future again looked bright.
Incorporated in 1939, Premont's population went over 1,000 shortly
before WWII.
After the war, Premont's population more than doubled to 2,538. By
1963 it reached its high-water mark of 3,049. |
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Premont
water tower
TE photo, 2004 |
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Former
water tower in Premont
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/
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Premont High
School Cheerleaders 1953
Photo courtesy Ruben R. Hernandez |
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